Monthly Archives: October 2007

Kingston has released faster memory cards in its CompactFlash product range. The new CompactFlash Elite Pro Flash memory cards are targeted at professional photographers and serious amateurs. The new cards from Kingston offer transfer rates of 25MB/second (read) and 20MB/second (write). “Kingston’s new CF Elite Pro cards provides high capacity and increased read and write …

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After a couple of years in the making, the Eye-Fi wireless memory card is finally here. Read today’s press release here. But isn’t it already late in the market? When the Eye-Fi idea was first introduced, it was a hot idea; this was a time when computers did not have built-in card readers and built-in …

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Calumet Photo in the UK has launched a new line of Super-Premium rag and alpha-cellulose fine-art papers known as the Brilliant Museum. Calumet says the Brilliant Museum digital media have been especially formulated to meet the high standards of the most discriminating fine art printers. Manufactured in Germany, these cotton and alpha cellulose fine art …

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Thomas Knoll, whose name is the first one you see in the splash screen when you start Photoshop, has been awarded the Lifetime Innovator citation by Business Review. The award was presented at the 2nd annual “Innovation Michigan” event at The Henry Ford Museum last October 4th. Thomas Knoll is the inventor of what is …

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Adobe is releasing an update to Lightroom 1.2 in mid-November to make it fully compatible with Leopard, Mac OS X 10.5. Until then, users of the new OS may experience compatibility issues with Lightroom, among them: The Print module may not load. The Import dialog and other dialogs can “disappear” below Lightroom’s main window. The …

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As it turns out, there are quite a few issues being addressed by Adobe Systems, Inc. with the release of the latest Mac OS X v10.5, a.k.a. Leopard. The company has posted a compatibility statement on the matter and the 6-page, 120KB PDF may be downloaded from their site. In effect, the statement says most …

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Artificial Muscle Inc. has released the newest MLP-85 actuator based on its latest smartMOVE platform of electroactive polymer artificial muscle (EPAM) technology. The MLP-85 actuator is an electronic muscle designed for use with camera modules to move the lens during autofocus. It also has potential uses in image stabilization and optical zoom. The company says …

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Sharp Corporation is introducing three new models in its AQUOS P-Series of flatscreen TVs intended for use with personal computers. Coming from Sharp – which specializes in TV screens – the new computer monitors will feature full-HD panel and a Picture-in-Picture function that allows a TV program to be displayed in a window within the …

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Very soon, we will be able to store a terabyte of data in gadgets the size of USB Flash drives. That’s right, 1,000GB of data in a very small portable thumb drive. The technology that makes this possible is nano-ionics, and researchers at the Arizona State University have utilized the new technology to develop a …

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SanDisk Corporation says their 8GB microSDHC and M2 flash memory cards are now available in retail outlets worldwide. Compatible with the new breed of mobile phones with card slots, the 8GB SanDisk microSDHC and M2 cards are ideal for memory-hungry mobile phones with built-in music player, digital camera and video player/recorder. SanDisk has an ongoing …

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